This is the information page about the shipwreck Hermione (part of)(possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 9.506 N,6 57.188 W (51.867, -6.7975)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Alize
2. Antony
3. Ardmore (possibly)
4. Carlo (probably)
5. Coral strand
6. Crispin (possibly)
7. Croghan
8. Dark island
9. Etal manor
10. Girl arlene
11. Hazael 3
12. Hermione (part of)(possibly)
13. Kaber
14. Kerick
15. Kingfisher
16. Lincolnshire (probably)
17. Lismore (probably)
18. Margaret ann
19. Mediterranean (possibly)
20. Michael
21. Ocean searcher
22. Patrick
23. Rhodesia
24. Royal arthur
25. Seahorse
26. Shadinsay
27. St margaret
28. Wheal geevor

 

Name: HERMIONE (PART OF)(POSSIBLY)

Length 109.7 meter, width: 13.5 meter, draught: 7.4, tonnage 4011 ton
Load: animals (land & sea) and birds,general and mixed goods,rubber,foodstuffs: preserved,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: ex-yarrawonga, built in 1891 by j l thompson & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by british & south american steam navigation co. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by wigham, richardson & co, newcastle. passage buenos aires for liverpool. struck a mine laid by uc 33. taken in tow to waterford for removal of horses & cargo, but foundered offf dunmore pier. (sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H4743/17 5.10.17 POSN 520930N, 065700W [OSI]. MASTS AND FUNNEL VISIBLE. LT BUOY, FL.G.3S LAID TO S OF WRECK. (IRISH LTS). INS WK (OLD SYMBOL).

- NM 1039/17. H7508/20 20.10.20 WK NOW ONLY SHOWS ABOVE WATER AT LWS. WK LT BUOY HAS MOVED TO NW AND IS NOW 100FT SW OF WK, IT WILL BE REMOORED IN OLD POSN AT FIRST OPPORTUNITY. (HM WATERFORD). NCA H8573/20 2.12.20 LT BUOY NOW 163DEGS, 1.5C FROM WK. (IRISH LTS).

- NM ACTION. H3377/21 2.6.21 UPPER STRUCTURE HAS BEEN WASHED AWAY AND THE WK ONLY SHOWS AT LOW WATER. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H3752/21 18.6.21 POSN OF WK NOW 065 DEGS, 14.8C FROM DUNMORE PIER LT AND LT BUOY 159DEGS, 1.2C FROM WK. (HMS LEAMINGTON). AMEND POSN TO 520932N, 065710W.

- NM ACTION. H3752/21 12.7.21 WK LT AND WHISTLE BUOY HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY REMOVED. PART OF WK DRIES 3FT AT MLWS. (DEVONPORT GENERAL ORDERS 961/21). AMENDED TO WK (OLD SYMBOL) (DRIES TO 3FT). BR STD. H3752/21 23.7.21 WK LT BUOY REPLACED BY IRISH LT VESSEL IN FORMER POSN. NCA. 28.6.23 NOW SHOWN AS ST. NE 2049. H628/27 28.1.27 WK LT AND WHISTLE BUOY HAS DRIFTED, BUT WILL BE REPLACED WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES PERMIT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BUOY DELETED. AMENDED TO NDW. BR STD H3205/58 23.2.60 STATED TO BE NON-EXISTENT BY PILOT AND DUNMORE HBR MASTER. (HMS WOTTON, HN DTD JAN '60). DELETE.

- NM 529/60. 11.4.13 LOCTATED IN 5209.506N, 0657.188W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.45MTRS. SMALL CONTACT IN SCOUR HOLE 0.4MTR DEEP. LIES FLUSH WITH SEABED. (GSI KRY11_01 & 12_02, SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). INS AS FOUL.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?DEBRIS FROM WK FLUSH WITH SEABED, IN SCOUR HOLE

Position: 52 9.506 N,6 57.188 W

 

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